VS: Add target property VS_DEBUGGER_WORKING_DIRECTORY

Help/manual/cmake-properties.7.rst

@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ Properties on Targets
    /prop_tgt/VERSION
    /prop_tgt/VISIBILITY_INLINES_HIDDEN
    /prop_tgt/VS_CONFIGURATION_TYPE
+   /prop_tgt/VS_DEBUGGER_WORKING_DIRECTORY
    /prop_tgt/VS_DESKTOP_EXTENSIONS_VERSION
    /prop_tgt/VS_DOTNET_REFERENCES
    /prop_tgt/VS_DOTNET_TARGET_FRAMEWORK_VERSION

Help/prop_tgt/VS_DEBUGGER_WORKING_DIRECTORY.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+VS_DEBUGGER_WORKING_DIRECTORY
+-----------------------------
+
+Sets the local debugger working directory for Visual Studio C++ targets.
+This is defined in ``<LocalDebuggerWorkingDirectory>`` in the Visual Studio
+project file.

Help/release/dev/vs-debugger-config.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+vs-debugger-configuration
+-------------------------
+
+* For the :ref:`Visual Studio Generators` for VS 2010 and above
+  the working directory for debugging can be set using a new
+  :prop_tgt:`VS_DEBUGGER_WORKING_DIRECTORY` target property.

Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx

@@ -1569,6 +1569,14 @@ void cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::WritePathAndIncrementalLinkOptions()
       *this->BuildFileStream << cmVS10EscapeXML(intermediateDir)
                              << "</IntDir>\n";
 
+      if (const char* workingDir = this->GeneratorTarget->GetProperty(
+            "VS_DEBUGGER_WORKING_DIRECTORY")) {
+        this->WritePlatformConfigTag("LocalDebuggerWorkingDirectory",
+                                     config->c_str(), 3);
+        *this->BuildFileStream << cmVS10EscapeXML(workingDir)
+                               << "</LocalDebuggerWorkingDirectory>\n";
+      }
+
       std::string name =
         cmSystemTools::GetFilenameWithoutLastExtension(targetNameFull);
       this->WritePlatformConfigTag("TargetName", config->c_str(), 3);

Tests/RunCMake/VS10Project/RunCMakeTest.cmake

@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ include(RunCMake)
 run_cmake(VsConfigurationType)
 run_cmake(VsTargetsFileReferences)
 run_cmake(VsCustomProps)
+run_cmake(VsDebuggerWorkingDir)

Tests/RunCMake/VS10Project/VsDebuggerWorkingDir-check.cmake

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+set(vcProjectFile "${RunCMake_TEST_BINARY_DIR}/foo.vcxproj")
+if(NOT EXISTS "${vcProjectFile}")
+  set(RunCMake_TEST_FAILED "Project file ${vcProjectFile} does not exist.")
+  return()
+endif()
+
+set(debuggerWorkDirSet FALSE)
+
+file(STRINGS "${vcProjectFile}" lines)
+foreach(line IN LISTS lines)
+  if(line MATCHES "^ *<LocalDebuggerWorkingDirectory[^>]*>([^<>]+)</LocalDebuggerWorkingDirectory>$")
+    if("${CMAKE_MATCH_1}" STREQUAL "my-debugger-directory")
+        message(STATUS "foo.vcxproj has debugger working dir set")
+        set(debuggerWorkDirSet TRUE)
+    endif()
+  endif()
+endforeach()
+
+if(NOT debuggerWorkDirSet)
+  set(RunCMake_TEST_FAILED "LocalDebuggerWorkingDirectory not found or not set correctly.")
+  return()
+endif()

Tests/RunCMake/VS10Project/VsDebuggerWorkingDir.cmake

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+enable_language(CXX)
+add_library(foo foo.cpp)
+
+set_target_properties(foo PROPERTIES
+    VS_DEBUGGER_WORKING_DIRECTORY "my-debugger-directory")